About

Café Américain (formerly In Capital Letters) is the online journal of the Creative Writing Program at American University and features student, faculty, and visiting author interviews and excerpts.

Faculty Advisor: Danielle Evans & Rachel Louise Snyder

Editors: Tyler Christensen & Jessamine Price

Issue 2, Volume 1

Spring 2012

Five Questions with Graduating Seniors, Diana Metzger, Sam Wilder, and Stephen Zerance

January Reading Showcases Faculty Works-in-Progress

Assistant Professor Kyle Dargan Helps Launch City Blossoms with 826DC

"A Strange Friendship": Associate Professor David Keplinger Collaborates
with Long-Dead Ancestor on New Album

Issue 1, Volume 1

Fall 2011 

Creating a "Sonic Universe": An Interview with Assistant Professor Elise Levine

"A Shot of Espresso with..."

The Sacredness of Close Reading:
An Interview with Visiting Writer Pearl Abraham

The Challenge of Writing the Historical Short Story: An Interview with Melissa Wyse (MFA '12)

Writing and Publishing after the MFA:
An Interview with Graduate Leslie Pietrzyk